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|accepted_name=Carex torta
|accepted_authority=Boott in E. Tuckerman
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in E. Tuckerman, Enum. Meth. Caric.,
|place=11. 1843
|year=1843
}}
|common_names=Carex tordu
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex acuta var. sparsiflora
|authority=Dewey
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex caespitosa var. ramosa
|authority=Dewey
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex torta var. composita
|authority=Porter
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex torta var. staminata
|authority=Peck
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Phacocystis;Carex torta
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Carex sect. Phacocystis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex torta]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 381, 393
|treatment_page=page 396
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>cespitose. <b>Culms</b> angled, 25–75 cm, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: basal sheaths red-brown; sheaths of proximal leaves glabrous, fronts lacking spots and veins, entire, apex truncate; blades 3–5 mm wide. <b>Inflorescences</b>: proximal bract subequal to inflorescence, 1–3 mm wide. <b>Spikes</b> erect or the proximal pendent; proximal 3–4 spikes pistillate, usually sessile, 2.5–9 cm × 4–5 mm, base attenuate; terminal 1–2 spikes staminate. <b>Pistillate</b> scales purple-brown to black, shorter than perigynia, apex acute, awnless. <b>Perigynia</b> divergent, green, veinless, somewhat flattened, tightly enclosing and distended by the achenes, ovoid, 2.3–4.7 × 1.1–1.8 mm, dull, apex acute, glabrous; beak green, often twisted, 0.1–0.3 mm, orifice oblique. <b>Achenes</b> not constricted, dull. <b>2n</b> = 66.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting Jun.
|habitat=Rocky streambeds, banks
|elevation=0–1500 m N.B., N.S., Ont., Que.
|distribution=Ark.;Conn.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>A very common riverine species of eastern North America, <i>Carex torta</i> has an almost identical habit and habitat to the western <i>C. nudata</i>. <i>Carex torta</i> is, however, not a member of the <i>C. stricta</i> subgroup and has unusual green, glabrous perigynia that taper into a triangular, twisted beak with an obliquely bidentate orifice. <i>Carex torta</i> appears to be somewhat transitional to the Cryptocarpae group, based on the pendent spikes, sheath morphology, and large achenes.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Carex torta
|author=
|authority=Boott in E. Tuckerman
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Carex acuta var. sparsiflora;Carex caespitosa var. ramosa;Carex torta var. composita;Carex torta var. staminata
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting Jun.
|habitat=Rocky streambeds, banks
|elevation=0–1500 m N.B., N.S., Ont., Que.
|distribution=Ark.;Conn.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=in E. Tuckerman, Enum. Meth. Caric.,
|publication year=1843
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_707.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Phacocystis
|species=Carex torta
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